Emily,

I lost my father in my mid twenties and that was so hard. I was not the same after that, for some reason, it forced me to "grow up".

With my mtn biking, I did the opposite of you after I broke my wrist, I had no desire to ride off road. I was willing to ride rails to trails but I had a very difficult time getting back to mtn biking. Plus, my SO had gone through a series of injuries and I didn't want to ride without him.

I realized how much I missed it and made myself, without him, go and ride. I finally got over my fear. I even took a women's clinic, it was so much fun.

Last summer was crazy for us so I thought this would be my big mtn biking year, now that we're settled here in Colorado. There are women's groups to ride with and so much more mtn biking here than what I had in Cincy but it's not to be.

Anyway, welcome back and become an outstanding mtn biker on your RacerX